Ceremony Quote by Okakura Kakuzo

“Japanese tea ceremony,”

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When tea becomes ritual, it takes place at the heart of our ability to see greatness in small things.

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I believe in ceremony. I think ceremony is important, pomp and circumstance, tradition. I'm into those things.

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Tea with us became more than an idealisation of the form of drinking; it is a religion of the art of life. The beverage…

— Okakura Kakuzo